Quotes about not being bitter

I love that quote by Nelson Mandela because we are capable of creating our own prisons if we're not careful with our feelings. If we hold on to bitterness and hatred then we will be imprisoned in our own mind, unable to achieve the freedom that we deserve. I get it. When you've been hurt from something like bullying, you feel angry , you feel bitter, and you feel hopeless to overcome that hurt. But, here's the thing - we're the ones responsible for causing ourselves any current hurt by remaining bitter about a past hurt. In the previous post - 5 key differences between anger and bitterness - we looked at how anger and bitterness differ. Anger can be very bad in its own right, but bitterness takes the cake.

Sign in with Facebook Sign in options. Join Goodreads. Quotes tagged as "bitterness" Showing of But what of people who can't feel? Or talk about their feelings? Or manage their feelings in constructive ways?